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[ hese_pock•up trucks, carrying_.placards and striking members of
local 2315 of the International Union of• Machinists and
,-Aerospace .Workers from the local•Sheaffer Pen Company plant;
were among the vehicles making up a lengthyprocession that;
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toured Goderich, on Sunday. The motorcade was part, of a mass
demonstration by `uniorii i i'Goderich in support of the striking
Sheaffer workers. Mass' picketing also took place outside the
Sheaffer plant. — staff photo
Two employees charged
Strike moves to
Although pickets are, still
shivering outside the local plant'
of the Sheaffer Pen Company in
#+` the ,second' week of a' trike .by
members of local 2315 of -the
International Union "of
Machinists and Aerospace
Workers, the centre of the
strike's action moved into court.
Two employees, charged with
four counts of wilful damage in
connection with picket line
tncidents, will appear • in
provincial court here . on,
IV1onday, The --persons- --involved, --
Mrs. Louise McWhi'hney of R. ft.
6, Goderich and .Ivan Gordon
Dailey . of. Mary . Street in
Goderich; ° first appeared last
Monday and were remanded td
December 13 with 'instructions
from. Judge Glenn Hays to
engage,,legal counsel for the, next,
court hearing.
Mrs. McWhinney is facing
charges involving three counts of.,
causing wilful damage in excess
'Y of i$50 to the cars of Sheaffer
plant manager William Gardner
as well as two other management
officials; sales manager Roger
Turcotte and sales manager Bert that day in court until late
Robinsbn. Wednesday'.or early Thursday.
° Mr. ' Dailey his charged with "There have. been no :new
_causing damage in excess;of $50 offers from the company," the
as well. His charges involve a union` president sue. She also
vehicle identified only 'as being noted.. that it seemed the
`owned 47/ the Sheaffer. 'Pen company might be trying•to_wait
the strike out. "If ,they try to see
who breaks first," Mrs.
Robinson 'said. referring to the
company, "they may wait a long
time." She also noted that the
strikers were still in good spirits,
and enthusiastic.
In other legal matter
connected with the strike, a
Bearing, held by the Goder ch
Police Cominission, , was held"
yesterday for Goderich police
Constable Tom Fortner who was
suspended from duty December
1 on • a charge of neglecting ills
McWfrinney and Mr. Dailey, as post a4r main driveway into
well " as four other union'' the plant. No outcome of that
members, had been kinnmoned ,hearing was announced before
.to appear at an injunction press time on Wednesday night.
According to the suspended
constables he deft his post
momentarily to use a washroo►n
in the plant. Strikers claim
Fortner crossed their picket line
Company. Charges say the
damage occured oat the plant on
December 1. _, •
Both individuals involved' in
the case are members of Local
2315 and neither entered a plea
to the court.
Elsewhere indications are that
court proceedings got underway
on a hearing of an application
fur injunctions necessary to limit
picketing. "President' of the local,
Marjorie Robinson, said on -
Monday that, she, Mrs.
hearing in ' Toronto on
Wednesday. In an interview with
the Signal -Star on Tuesday„ Mrs.
Robinson. said 'that no ,one
would' know the outcome of
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ointerest in da
Only six people turned up for
the meeting to discuss the need
for a day care centre in Goderich
and none of these persons
-were parents of children of day
care centre ages.
- In fact, Mrs. Elsa Haydon, the
Town Councillor ,jio is
chairman of the property
shortly after it was established,;
that day about 7:00 a.m.
Goderich police officers say they
did not locate Fortner until
fo •
inside the plant.
The situation was further
Complicated when '- Fortner
returned to the plant later that
afternoon in his own car, crossed
the lines and then came- out
again with, what the• strikers say
were, parcels on the back seat.
Fortner says it was his own
belongings and that he 'entered
the plant to get an affidavit
from a guard. Strikers, however,
'suggest that he carried goods
across their line for the
company.
At 'present, '65 women
employees and one man are still
on strike and no progress seems
to have been made since they
walked out two weeks ago'.
Mayor Harry Worsell, through
the office of local provincial
member, Department of
Transportation and
Communication,Minister Charles
MacNaughton, has been
attempting to get '.he help of the
Ontario Labor RelationsBoard
in organizing further
negotiatiohs' but so ' far no
developments.
' Mayor Worsell indicated at
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Two Sifto
workers back
next vi4e-k
Deqd skunk
was rabid;
pen dogs
committee • doing the
investigation into the subject
reported that "not, one single
solitary mother of father" with
pre-school , children telephoned
her, wrote to her or otherwise
indicated their reelings _ for or
against — a, day care centre in
town.
Mrs. Haydon said she was
contacted' prior ,to the meeting
by only two persons - neither
of them with -young children.
One was in favor of the day care
centre; one was not.
A suggestion was made at the.
meeting that ._ the -people
Goderich did not know of the
meeting or .did not understand
,Local Animal •Control officer what they read-- the'
Dick Eider repot'tf this 'week '+:;newspaper; Mrs. Haydon said:
that' the"skunk shot recently in Council has nowidecided; she
the Ligh•thouse-Colborne Street added, 'to ,make a further
area was proven to be rabid. attempt to discover the feelings..
" The head of the animal shot of Goderich people for a day
by Eisler was sent.to Guelph for care 'centre. Questionnaires will
examination and tests showed be placed in strategic business
the skunk was positively a rabies locations around town' most
victim. usually frequented by citizens -
Two dogs believed, to have .supermarkets, banks etc. These
been in -contact with the skunk ,questionnaires will also be
are now under quarantine for available in the front office of
three months. They are •being The Signal -Star. ,
is a good project, a
project," Mrs.
. "But we must have
of the people of
centre is deemed necessary for
The haste ,in organizing the, Goderich at some future date,.i,t
kept at home tied in wire cages, "I feel it
says Eisler. worthwhile
"It' was Ducky there was no -
o Haydon said
human involvement ( here' the feeling
observed 'Eisler.
He noted he will m ke visits Goderich.
to the schools in Goderich to
speak, with the young.children in
the classes. Eisler said he wants
to warn the children of, the
extreme da ger. of petting„ or
mauling s - unidentified
animals. '
"Parents should talk to their
children," Eisler urged, "and tell;
them. to stay away from any
animals they don't know."
At a recent, meeting of Huron
y
Acting MOH ' for Huron,
n
reported that' ralies is on the
increase in Huron County and
will likely reach its peak in 1972
or 1973.
Mining
grantstill
an -issue
Indications were, at' last
weeks Town Council meeting,
that Goderich has not progressed
much closer to agreement on the
mining grant' situation that has
been. a point of contention
between the municipal and
provincial government for some
time.,
Mayor ,, J-Iarry Worsell . told
council on Thursday evening .
that he had been,talking•to Don
Southcott at the 'local M.P.P.,
Charles MacNaughton's office
and he had indicated that no
word has been received from the
Department of • Mines with
regard. to Goderich's request for
a meeting to discuss the matter.
. Council members agreed that
they,. still wished to nu twith
some' representative( of that
department in an attempt to
reach a solution.to the problem
and a .motion was passed that
another letter be sent to the
minister of Municipal Affairs
Dalton Bales ,t6, "Jog his
Meetings held , recently memory," .in the words of one
between management officials of councillor, about the matter.
Ddmtar Chemical:5 Sifto 'Salt
Division Mine here in Goderich
and representatives of Local 682"
of .the International Union of
Chemi al Workers has resulted in
a settlement- that will see two
workers dismissed some time ago
re -instated in their jobs next ,,„deadline
Early ad
'The men were fired -for what
company officials had termed
unsafe blasting. _,raatjces as well
as,fox.sleepifg.;on the lob.
International representative
Ken Rogers said the two men,
who stili remain unidentified,
will not be compensated for the
The Christmas issue of The
Goderich Signal-Star/will be
published December 20. Staff
members will be working
through the weekend to
complete the. special
•Christmas issue' in time for
loss of pay they suffered during printing'Mondayv
the weeks they were off work,,
but will retain' their seniority at
—the Mine. - . ' a . 1.
Tire firing, in mitt November,
resnited•,.,,,in - a wildcat strike of
about 50 underground and
sirface workers which tied the
mine production up for about
eight hours.
T -he \advertising
department -of this newspaper
solicits , the_. •co•operatton of
r
local, advertisers. Ad copy
deadline for that week on(y
"will be Friday, Berber 12
at noon. •
"meeting concerning the day care
-centre was brought about by a
.recent 'governmen't
communication which
announced that day care centres .--
built by May of 1972 would be
pard- for through a 100 percent
provincial grant. The plans for
the work, however, would have
to be submitted by the end of
December'and work would have
to be completed by May.
Even though the December
31 date is looming closer, Mrs.
Haydon urged those interested
in,'the municipal day care centre
.ta.,pick: up-a;questiannair;fLit:
out 'and return it to the town
offices as quickly as possible. Or,
"„citizens may,register their. ideas
abouto ,the day cage centre
directly with Mrs. Haydon or
Clerk J. Harold Walls.
"We want people• too have
every opportunity to speak out
on this matter," continued Mrs.
• Haydon. • °
She further explained that in
the event the December' 31
deadline is. not 'met, the project
' need not be abandoned. Mrs.
H d n- felt that some local
group might wish to pursue the
matter further to. • some
conclusion and then bring their
findings to town council.
In the event -that a day care
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ayor asks 'help
to settlePen strike
At Goderich Town
meeting on Thursday
Nor Worsen
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soiree. efforts - he had
behalf of the council to speed up
a solution and agreement'to end
the strike • that holds the local
branch of 'The Sheaffer Pen
Company in a sollid grip.
Mr. Worsell explained that
when ' the workers first went off'
their jobs he had made a move
toward arranging '-a, negotiation
meeting to hear” the grievance
on both sides and both
management and union officials
had agreed to take part. "Up to
Wednesday evening however
there, hadeen no progress," the -
mayor reported, "so on
Thursday I called the -office of
provincial member Charlie
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Council MacNaughton oping that
evening ' perhaps he could help resolve
Otitlineri the situation."
is known that the provincial
government will pay 80 percent
of the building cost's with the
mu 'cipality picking up the
ining 20 percent.,
I the meantime,, council's
det ctive work to determine the
int rest for a day care centre in
Goderich continues,
Council now
pianting trees?
Harbour committee chairman
Paul Carroll reported that he had
spvkew -wit - officials crf -the
Ontario Department of Lands
and Forests with "regard to
obtaining:, seedlings for. planting
and noted that they were
available at .a• very reasonable
cost. Mr. Carroll said 'he would
submit 'a' recommendation on
the matter early in the new year.
Rec Board
lears about
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made on Mayor Worsell went on "to'
explain that Mr. MacNaughtori's
office had contacted the
Department of Labor who 'were
to get in touch with the Sheaffer
.Pen( C rnpany and try to arrange
further negotiations.
"I tried to impress upon Mr.
MacNaughton and the
Department -of Labor that we
in Goderich did not want to
lose this industry and thus
wanted to see a -solution arrived
at as soon• as possible;" the
mayor noted.
Up ' to Thursday evening's
meeting however the mayor
pointed out, no real progress had
-been made in that direction.
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pool leak
'At their regular meeting on
Tuesday evening the Goderi•ch..__...._.
Recreation Board met, with Stan
-Church, a -representative of the
Advance Pool Company, to '
discuss work necessary on the
local swirpming pool and costs
involved. '
Mr. Church told 'the board
that he ,was "99% sure . the -
pr'obiem of water loss at the `'
-pool stems from- the main
drain," but that before his firm
undertook any work there that a
full range of pressure testing
✓ould be carried ogton^all other
lines involved with' the system.
.Water loss at.: th'`C 'motnent
amou'nt's to about fout to five
inches per„ day and. the cost :hi,
water .alone .to the board. has '
been rather large despite a rebate
from what chairman Paul Carroll
termed a "sympathetic Public
Utilities Commission" x$300
Mr. Church on the other hand
pointed out that the town was' .
losioig a lot of money as valuable
chemicals they put into the
water leaked away too: _
Plans presented .. by, ,,,,,the
Advance Pool people suggested
the whole floor of the pool need
not be torn up and showed -how
they propose& to go out the side
resulting in a considerable saving
in time and money. In the case
of ..,•, the job necessary the '
representative pointed out that
the'ime involved meant most of
they ney since the plumbing
itself w uld be limited.
Mr. Church told the board
the estimated cost would beY.,,,,-,..,.,.,,
$6,830. In addition to this the
board agreed w.itl, a .suggestion
that a new vacuum tine be put in. ,-�,
at the same time the pool was
torn up so as to 'save money in
the long run. ,
At the moment the pdol is
vacuumed through a system that
dumps valuable water and
chemicals on the lawn adjoining
the pool and through the new
system water would . be
recirculated through the filter
system at the pool. This the
company suggested might bring
the total "cost tip into the area of .
$7,000.
Jean McKee of Benmiller is a fishing .enthusiast and Wednesday
morning of this week, she reached the high point in her career.
She caught-thesetiveteautifarainkormutrovtirronechouroThe
only thing disappointintJ about it, Jean remarked, was that She
had td stop because 'she hied reache 14 er limit:' The lady will
not reveal where she was 'fishing. The beat `clue she Will give is
that it was "Focally". (staff photo) . -
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Injured girl
returns
to school
Jeannie Wraith, the 12 -year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Wraith, RR 2 Goderich,
has returned tb classes at
Holmesville Public School
following a painful scalp injury
4s3ovember.-11-, _.
It is believed the child's hair
was caught in an auger at, the
Wraith farm. She was taken to
Alexandra Matrape and General
Hospital and later tranaferrcd to
' London's Wart Memorial
Children's Hospital. •
Mrs, Wraith repor>' eanrr i --
,in fine spirits 'although Ore does
have to return to London ,
periodleally for Ctinsultatiort=e'
with doctors.
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